Fastener.



PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

M. A. HIRSGH.

F ASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1905.

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MICHAEL ANGELO HIRSOH, OF FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1908.

Application filed May 6, 1905. Serial No. 259.208.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL ANGELO HIRSOH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Franklin, in the county of Venango and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a device or clip adapted to be applied toarticles such as booksparticularly small check-books, memorandum books,bank pass-books, account books, inclosuresparticularly envelops, smallpasteboard boxes-, and the like and to attach to such articles anelastic band, cord, tape, or the like, or serve other useful func tion,such as securing the flap of an envelop in its closed position. Theinvention may be readily understood and explained by reference to theaccompanying drawing illustrating what is now believed to be thepreferred embodiment thereof.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device or clip; Fig.2 is anotherview thereof looking in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 isa plan view of a small check-book with the clip applied thereto; Fig. 4is a view from the inside of the cover of the check-book of Fig. 3. Fig.5 is a sectional view through said cover on line 55 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6shows a documentary envelop with the clip applied thereto; Fig. 7 isanother view of an envelop with the clip applied thereto.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 5, the metallic clip, preferably made ofwell-known quality of wire suitably resilient for such purposes and bentto approximately the shape shown, com

. prises a retaining or anchoring stem 4, pointed or sharpened at oneend and having at its other end a hook 3 which at its bend extendsthrough an opening in the cover of the book. At its extremity 2 the hookbears against or toward the outer surface of the book and is curled orbent back upon itself to avoid a sharp or rough point. Between its saidextremity and the point where its bend leaves the opening through thebook, the hook bows or arches outward away from the surface of the book,thereby forming what may be designatedvan eye 1. Normally, that is,before its application to the book, the distance between the extremityof the hook and 'the stem 4 which it overhangs, is preferably less thanthe thickness of the material or wall of the article to which the clipis applied; it follows that the resilient tongue, formed by that part ofthe book which is positioned at the outer surface of the book, bears atits extremity firmly against said surface. An elastic band 20, cord orthe like, may be readily passed into and out of the eye 2 by forcing itunder the extremity of the hook, which yieldingly bears against thebook. Intermediate its hooked and pointed ends, the stem 4 is bent at 5,to preferably an approximate right angle, in a plane approximately atright-angles to the plane of the hook. Between the angle 5 and itspointed end, the stem may be straight, or it may have a slight upwardbend, as at 6, Fig. 2, this latter bend enabling the point of the stemto bear against and bite into or slightly penetrate the surface which itengages. The bending of the stem at 5, enables it to engage the surfaceof the article in a direction transverse to the position of the hook ofthe stem, thereby maintaining said hook always in an upright positionwith reference to the outer surface of the article and preventing itfrom tilting to one side or the other in passing an elastic band or thelike into or out of the eye 1.

The clip may be readily applied by forcing the pointed end of the stemthrough the wall of the article, the check-book of Figs. 3, 4 and 5, forexample, until the bend of hook 3 extends through said wall in theposition shown in Fig. 5. If desirable, a label or cov ering of fabric 7may be applied to the inner surface of the article over the stem of theclip, thereby preventing'the clip from turning or otherwise workingloose.

In Fig. 6, I have shown the clip applied to the flap of a documentaryenvelop in a manner similar to that explained above with reference tothe check-book.

In Fig. 7, 12 is the flap of an envelop 11. A tongue 13, havingextensions 14 and 15, is preferably made of fabric and secured to flap12. A clip of the construction above explained and applied to theenvelop 11, is adapted to engage through an opening in tongue 13 andsecure the latter to hold the flap 12 closed. In engaging the tongue 13with the clip, the extension 15 is gripped and pulled downward to bringthe opening 16 over the clip; the extension 14 is then gripped and thetongue 13 pulled upward drawing the part of the tongue 13 below aperture16 upward between the end of the hook of the clip and the surface of theenvelop. The clip will thus press upon and grip the tongue 13. To openthe envelop, the extension 1.5 is gripped and the tongue 13 pulleddownward until the clip lies within opening 16.

As will be understood, the present invention is in some respectsspecific to the inven- "-tion of my application for patent, Sr. N o.

248,624, filed March 6th, 1905, wherein I have claimed broadly thecombination with an article such as specificd, of a metallic de vice orclip consisting of a retaining or anchoring stem having a hook at oneend. thereof, said hook forming an eye at the outer surface of thearticle and at its bend extending through an opening in the article tothe stem which engages an inner surface of the article.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with an article such as specified, of a metallicdevice or clip consisting of a retaining or anchoring stem having a hookat one end thereof, said hook forming an eye at the outer surface of thearticle and at its bend extending through an opening in the article tothe stem which latter engages an inner surface of the article, saidstem, between the hook at one end and its other end, being bent in aplane approximately parallel to said inner surface of the article.

2. The combination with an article such as specified, of a metallicdevice or clip consisting of a retaining or anchoring stem having a hookat one end thereof, said hook forming an eye at the outer surface of thearticle and at its bend extending through an opening in the article tothe stem which latter engages an inner surface of the article, saidstem, between the hook at one end and its other end, being bent toapproximately a right-angle in a plane a proximately parallel to saidinner surface 0 the article.

3. The combination with an article such as specified, of a metallicdevice or clip consisting of a retaining or anchoring stem point-ed atone end and having a hook at its other end, said hook forming an eye atthe outer surface of the article and at its bend extending through anopening in the article to the stem which latter engages an inner surfaceof the article, said stem, between its pointed end and the hook at itsother end, being bent in a plane approximately parallel to said innersurface of the article.

4. The combination with an article such as specified, of a metallicdevice or clip consisting of a retaining or anchoring stem having a hookat one end thereof, said hook forming an eye at the outer surface of thearticle and at its bend extending through an opening in the article tothe stem which latter engages an inner surface of the article, saidstem, between the hook at one end and its other end, being bent in aplane approximately parallel to said inner surface of the article, andan elastic band, cord or the like passing through said eye of themetallic device or clip.

5. As an article of manufacture, a metallic device or clip for attachingan elastic band to a book, or for analogous use, said device completeand ready for application to the article consisting of a stem having ahook at one end thereof, said stem, between said hook at one end and itsother end, being bent in a plane approximately at right-angles to thelane of the hook, as and for the purposes set orth.

6. As an article of manufacture, a metallic device or clip for attachingan elastic band to a book, or for analogous use, said device completeand ready for application to the article consisting of a stem having ahook at one end thereof, said stem, between said hook at one end and itsother end, being bent to approximately a right-angle in a planeapproximately at right-angles to the plane of the hook, as and for thepurposes set forth.

7. As an article of manufacture, a metallic device or clip for attachingan elastic band to a book, or for analogous use, said device completeand ready for application to the article consisting of a stem pointed atone end and having a hook at its other end, said stem, between saidhooked end and its pointed end, being bent in a plane approximately atrightangles to the lane of the hook, as and for the purposes set orth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL ANGELO HIRSOH.

Witnesses:

' JOHN L. FLETCHER,

EDWIN E. V ROOMAN.

